Dr Linda Wakim, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Wakim obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2009 in the laboratory of Prof Francis Carbone. After receiving...

Professor Edna Hardeman, Head, Neuromuscular and Regenerative Medicine Unit, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
The Neuromuscular and Regenerative Medicine Unit (NRMU) is engaged in a range of...

The John Curtin School of Medical Research will be hosting a special scientific symposium on Friday October 3 to pay tribute to Philip Board’s remarkable contribution to Australian and international Science.
The one-day...

Professor Michael S Moore, Charles R Walgreen Jr Chair, and Co-Director, Program in Law and Philosophy, College of Law, The University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, USA
The insights of the contemporary sciences of the brain...

Professor Markus Schlaich, Dobney Chair in Clinical Research at the Royal Perth Hospital and the University of Western Australia, WA
Professor Schlaich is a renal physician and an ESH accredited hypertension specialist with a...

Associate Professor Katherine Kedzierska, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Katherine trained as a viral immunologist and has over 18 years of experience in researching the...

Dr Ulus Atasoy, University of Missouri and the Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Dr Ulus Atasoy is currently Vice Chairman of Research in the Department of Surgery, Director of the MD-PhD Program...

The John Curtin School of Medical Research will open its doors to the public from 10am - 3pm on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August.
Meet a Researcher Discovery Tours. The School continues a 65 year tradition of excellence in...

The Curtin Medalist for Excellence in Medical Research for 2013, Canberra’s Centenary Year, is Nobel Laureate Emeritus Professor Rolf Zinkernagel. The Medal will be presented to Professor Zinkernagel for a Lifetime of...

Professor Jason B Mattingley, Queensland Brain Institute and the School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
Humans, like many animals, use eye movements to selectively sample the visual environment,...

Professor Eddy F Y Liew FRS, Gardiner Professor of Immunology, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
After graduating in Chemistry at Monash University, Melbourne, Liew took a PhD in Immunology at the John Curtin School of Medical...

Professor Ross D Hannan, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC.
Professor Ross Hannan is a head of the Oncogenic Signaling and Growth Control Program in the Division of Research at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,...

Dr Charles H Lineweaver, Senior Fellow, Planetary Science Institute, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University.
Dr Lineweaver will present a new...